Movable Type AlternativesBlog Publishing & CMS Tools like Movable Type

Movable Type is described as 'Open source product and the foundation of the Movable Type platform, designed for developers and open source devotees. Movable Type contains the professional blogging and content management features that Movable Type has always been known for' and is a Blog Publishing tool in the business & commerce category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Movable Type for a variety of platforms, including Self-Hosted, Web-based, Windows, Linux and Mac apps. The best Movable Type alternative is WordPress, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Movable Type are Ghost, Directus, DEV Community and Known.

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  1. WordPress icon
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    Create a website or blog with open-source software focused on accessibility, ease of use, performance, and security. Minimal setup, powerful growth features, and a large community supporting democratization of publishing.

    154 WordPress alternatives

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    • Online
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    • Android Tablet
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    • PHP
    • Cloudron
    • Google Chrome
    • Safari
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  2. Ghost icon
     263 likes

    The world's most popular modern publishing platform for creating a new media platform.

    291 Ghost alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Cloudron
    • Node.JS
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  3. Directus icon
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    Directus, with over 20 million downloads, is the world's first Open Data Platform. It can transform any SQL database into an API and a no-code application instantly, providing equal data and digital file asset management access to all team members.

    226 Directus alternatives

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    • Online
    • DigitalOcean
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    • Ubuntu
    • Heroku
    • Cloudron
    • Docker
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  4. DEV Community icon
     30 likes

    Where programmers share ideas and help each other grow. It is an online community for sharing and discovering great ideas, having debates, and making friends. Anyone can share articles, questions, discussions, etc. as long as they have the rights to the words they are sharing.

    293 DEV Community alternatives

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    • Online
    • Android
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  5. Known icon
     84 likes

    Known is a simple platform for publishing words, pictures, podcasts and more to a site that you control. Choose to share it on social networks like Twitter and Facebook, or extend it to integrate with the software you already use.

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    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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  6. Apostrophe CMS icon
     11 likes

    Apostrophe is a powerful website builder platform built on an enterprise open source CMS, offering in-context live editing, visual design tools, and multisite enablement in a full stack JS environment.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Self-Hosted
    • MongoDB
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Node.JS
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  7. OverBlog icon
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    OverBlog is a blogging platform, active and evolving. Create a blog, without any technical knowledge, and find everything you post ! Create your blog has never been easier.

    310 OverBlog alternatives

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    • Freemium
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    • Online
    • Android
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  8. Portal CMS icon
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    Portal CMS is a free and open source content management system with a powerful integrated page builder built in .NET MVC.

    211 Portal CMS alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Discontinued

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  9. Craft CMS icon
     16 likes

    Content management system built on Yii PHP Framework.

    178 Craft CMS alternatives

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    • Online
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  10. Lavalite icon
     6 likes

    LavaLite is an open source content management system (CMS) based on PHP and Laravel web application framework. It currently supports MySQL, SQLite, MariaDB and PostgreSQL for the database backend.

    245 Lavalite alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
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  11. Umbraco icon
     12 likes

    Umbraco is a fully-featured open source content management system with the flexibility to run anything from small campaign or brochure sites right through to complex applications for Fortune 500's and some of the largest media sites in the world.

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    • Self-Hosted
    • .NET Framework
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  12. Anymod icon
     6 likes

    Easily add CMS features to any website, on any platform.

    175 Anymod alternatives

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    • Freemium
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    • Online
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